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Must… remain… connected.

April 13, 2011

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Text copied from CBC Radio 3’s LanaRama blog, written by Lana Gay and published on April 12th 2011. “I recently read an article about a teens Science Talent Search entry. The student studied what happens when you take cell phones away from teenagers. With the use of a biofeedback meter, she monitored her test subjects […]

Commentary on Katrien Joseph’s “Pornography in Small Places and Other Spaces.”

April 8, 2011

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The following commentary expresses some reflection on Katrien Jacobs’ article titled “Pornography in Small Places and Other Spaces.” Jacobs begins by speaking of the legislation and organized attempts worldwide at monitoring activity of consumers in the online pornography industry. This is the realm in which the panopticon-style threat of surveillance is most present, in my […]

Commentary on “Understanding New Digital Media”

April 6, 2011

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Lars Qvortrup’s article “Understanding New Digital Media: Medium Theory or Complexity Theory” presents some interesting examples of how the internet is affecting the social order and politics of the globalized world.  He makes some interesting observations about the current global situation resulting from the use of the internet as the primary medium for communicating and […]